MLB Off-Topic

[Jr.]

re: MLB Off-Topic

If you're pressed for time and you can't sit at a baseball game or have an issue with a baseball game going an extra 10 minutes sometimes, perhaps baseball isn't the game for you to watch or attend in person. There's soccer for that.

You're not looking to make money off of the game though. These organizations are still businesses for the owners and the point is to make money. You want a "pure" game, go watch college or high school baseball.

Besides, there's already a rule for this in the rulebook, and the clock actually gives more time than that rule does.

[Perfect Zero]

re: MLB Off-Topic

When the pitch count gets to zero the runner gets an extra step.

Much like in the NFL when the defensive line knows the ball needs to be snapped and they get an extra step.

Big difference in baseball is the runner is unimpeded.

Then don't let the clock get so far down that the runner knows he has a shot. Or throw it back to first before the clock runs out. I really don't see the problem in this. If the umpires can't enforce the rule without a clock, then they will be forced to with a clock.

[Master Live 013]

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I don't think pace of play or the length of games is a problem but I wouldn't mind having a pitch clock for when there are no runners on base.

Get the ball, throw the ball.

[kmoser]

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Baseball is my favorite sport in general, especially my favorite sport to watch or attend. If they add a play clock it wouldn't be the same to me.
You know what would be a great idea? If the MLB listened to the people that actually watch baseball and love the game. Instead they hear so many people talk about that it is boring because it is too long of a game. These are the same people who sit through football games that last just about as long. Sure baseball can last longer than other sports games sometimes, but that's one of the unique things about it. I feel like the game would be rushed if there was a play clock and I do not like this idea at all. I actually like sitting and watching an entire baseball game, no matter how long is lasts. I feel like the play clock would time away from the game that I love to watch. And I don't like the sound of that.
Just my two cents on the whole ordeal.

[countryboy]

re: MLB Off-Topic

I don't mind the pitch clock. Its not saying that a pitcher has to throw the ball within 20 seconds. The rule states that a pitcher must come set on the rubber within 20 seconds. So there is no effect on the running game.

[kmoser]

re: MLB Off-Topic

It's just that baseball has gone so long without any kind of timer, and I don't want them to change it now.

[countryboy]

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It's just that baseball has gone so long without any kind of timer, and I don't want them to change it now.

There has always been a rule about pitchers and how long they have to throw the ball as well as batters and getting in the box. Umpires have been reluctant to "enforce" these rules, so baseball is taking what I believe is a necessary step to enforcing the rules.

Again, the pitch clock doesn't effect the game and its strategy in any way, shape, or form, just makes the game that we all love, move at a more fluid pace.

[TattooedEvil]

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I really dont mind if they put a pitch clock up. Not many pitchers really take forever so it wouldnt change much, and u very well could c some pitchers self implode since there wouldnt be a cool down period if sum1 hits one to the moon.

[kehlis]

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I don't mind the pitch clock. Its not saying that a pitcher has to throw the ball within 20 seconds. The rule states that a pitcher must come set on the rubber within 20 seconds. So there is no effect on the running game.

Where is this rule written? I know it was mentioned in that video I posted earlier but I can't find any confirmation of it anywhere. From the story written on ESPN:

In the Fall League experiment, pitchers had to throw within 12 seconds with no runners on base and within 20 seconds when a base was occupied. There was a maximum of 2:05 between innings and a 2:30 limit for a pitching change. Additionally, hitters were required to have one foot in the batter's box at all times.

That reads to me like the pitchers has to have thrown the ball by the time the clock expires. Doesn't say anything about just coming set.

[dickey1331]

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If baseball already had a rule why don't they just make the umps force it?

[SPTO]

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If baseball already had a rule why don't they just make the umps force it?

Because every time the umps enforce the rules everybody goes up in arms. The best example was the '87 season where the umps were told to enforce the balk rule. There were so many balks that everyone from management to managers and players who were crying about it that they stopped enforcing it to the letter of the law.

[Majingir]

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Even without a pitch clock though, they do need to find some way to speed up the game. Try to do so without impacting the game itself.

Like coach/catcher visits to the mound. Batter stepping out of the batters box. And things like that should probably be reduced. Maybe like teams are only allowed 1 mound visit(that doesn't result in a pitching change) per game.

Cause I'm sure some people notice how sometimes it might be 2 minutes between pitches because of mound visits and stuff. Then to pass time we just have commentators stalling or showing abunch of random replays/fan shots and so on.

[kehlis]

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Even without a pitch clock though, they do need to find some way to speed up the game. Try to do so without impacting the game itself..

Why?

I'm not sure why we need to speed up the game.

[TheShizNo1]

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I don't think they need to speed the game up. I just wish their was less down time. Hope that makes sense.

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[Sportsforever]

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I don't think they need to speed the game up. I just wish their was less down time. Hope that makes sense.

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Which is what my point was…it's not how long it takes, it's pace. I don't care HOW long the game is, but you can't have a 4 hour game with 2 hours of meetings, scratching, stepping out, etc. The game needs to keep moving...